Press Plunge

The media has lost their trust:

In 1972, 68 percent of people trusted mass media either greatly or somewhat. By 1974, that number slightly increased to 69 percent, and by 1976, it reached an all-time high, with 72 percent of Americans expressing great trust in the media. However, by 2000, trust in the media had begun to decline. Only 51 percent of people were confident in the news they heard on television. Four years later, in 2004, that number fell again— just 44 percent of Americans believed in the media. The number continued to decline, reaching only 32 percent in 2016. This was the same year as the first presidential election featuring President Donald Trump and the two-time Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, who had previously lost. Meanwhile, trust in the media slightly increased to 45 percent in 2018 but has steadily declined. By 2020, it had dropped to 40 percent, falling further to 36 percent in 2021, 34 percent in 2022, 32 percent in 2023, and 31 percent in 2024, the final year of former President Joe Biden’s term.

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